I have a simple batch file which adds registry with reg add command.
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\test\test" /f /v "MainDir" /t REG_SZ /d "test"
When I run the bach from a network drive everithing looks fine but no registry was added. When I copy the batch to to my desktop and run it it works perfectly.
I tried to use PUSHD but wont help, only thing what works is creating a shortcut and in the shortcut add %TEMP% to start in
I solved it. It was so unexpected. The problem was the Commander which I alway use in windows. Everytime I run the batch from commander it don't work, when I run it from explorer or something else it was ok. Soooo weird. The commander have admin right so I don't know why it dont work. Thanks all for help. :)
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I'm starting with batch on windows. I want to set some alias and persist them and also set start configurations, etc. when I open the cmd.
I found that windows when start a new cmd instance looks for a regedit variable under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor path and get the value of AutoRun key.
That is working fine, I defined an alias.cmd file and set up all my DOSKEY.
Perfect! But now I want to add more files, like startup.cmd that change my start directory. For example E:\
I'm adding some images to reference my explanation.
The big problem is that when I run my startup.cmd and run the cd /d E:\ command nothing happens, but the file is read (tried with the #echo prompt).
What is wrong? If literally copy and paste cd /d E:\ after my terminal opens it works... Also, if I try in this cmd files use the alias just declared nothing works as well.
Edit:
I tried with different AutoRun type and ,;| delimiters and still not working.
i have run very simple script:
xcopy some.exe c:\folder\ /h/y and it works normally. but when i try to run .bat file with this code as administrator - cmd line opens for a moment but nothing happens (file not copied). Can anyone explain this issue?
i also tried to use echo xcopy instead of xcopy, but nothing had changed.
i need only admin running of .bat file, cause i want to copy file in \windows\system32 folder
when you start a batchfile as administrator, it's working directory is C:\windows\system32\. So your script doesn't find your file. Either work with absolute paths, or change the working directory.
You can change it to the directory, where your batchfile resides with:
cd /d "%~dp0"
Note: to keep the window open to read any errormessages, append a pause command.
I am trying to remotely change the wallpaper on about 50 computers that are running Win 7 in a WORKGROUP environment.
I have local admin rights to all of them plus they are running an agent (Faronics) that lets me push .bat .exe .msi .vbs and .ps1 to them remotely.
Just wondering if there was any application that lets me do that remotely or if not, what is the easiest way to get my image to these machines and set it as default wallpaper?
The wallpaper that Windows uses is in the registry under the HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper key
you just can change it with the REG command.
See REG /? and then try...
reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper
and
reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d D:\my.bmp /f
Replacing the file in the following path C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\TranscodedWallpaper.jpg is hit or miss depending upon the other desktop background settings shown on the GUI and file type.
I have been able to successfully replace the file with another .jpg file renamed TranscodedWallpaper.jpg and put in its place but the Desktop doesn't just update by itself.
You have to force it with the Rundll32.exe user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters command.
This is also hit or miss. I have had it work several times correctly while physically on the computer but cannot get the computer to do the same remotely.
Still working on a 100% working remote solution to fully answer the question.
You can use intelliadmin network administrator to change the desktop pictures remotely on all computers at once
I'm helping one of my friends with his QA work. A lot of the time ctfmon.exe is always running in the background and he says it takes up memory on the computer for when he's testing. My friends work machine is using Windows XP
He already tried what was said in this article but it didn't help.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/what-is-ctfmonexe-and-why-is-it-running/
We then tried to create a simple batch file that would stop the process for him.
Here are the two files that we have
delete_cftmon.reg:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"ctfmon.exe"=
Novoice.bat
taskkill /F /IM ctfmon.exe /T
regedit.exe /s delete_cftmon.reg
reg delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
rem reg delete [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "ctfmon.exe"
I get the following errors "invalid command line parameters" and "Invalid key name"
When we enter the commands via the command line it works fine.
I believe it has to do with HKEY_CURRENT_USER but I'm not entirely sure why.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a simple batch script that copies a file to the startup folder, but it appears that I can't use shell:Common Startup as a parameter to xcopy. I have tried this
xcopy hurrdurr.exe "shell:Common Startup"
and many other variations, and they don't work. As an aside, if this did work, "hurrdurr.exe" would run on every startup right, assuming I got clearance via uac to do the xcopy operation? Would using a environment variable be better? The os in question is Windows XP and proceeding.
I'm not sure why your shell command won't work, but if you need to get your program to load on startup then I would much prefer using the registry, it's cleaner and simpler, and it means you don't have to copy the file somewhere else, especially if that file is dependant on other things.
reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v "Hurrdurr" /d "hurrdurr.exe" /f
Just run cmd as admin and it will work :)
If you do want to use the startup folder though, on Win7 you can use
"%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
I would also use a shortcut as #David suggested instead of copying the actual file.